Louis Roederer (Starck), Brut Nature Vintage:2006 wild blueberries and Morello cherries

wild blueberries and Morello cherries with a waft of pencil lead

very elegant and transparent

Clapes 2005 Cornas sports a still youthful ruby color to go with lots of crushed rock-like minerality

but it is otherwise firm and compact at its core with a solid delivery of quality fruit

Louis Roederer (Starck), Brut Nature Vintage:2006 wild blueberries and Morello cherriesThe bright golden Roederer & Starck 2009 Brut Nature assembles two thirds Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier with one third Chardonnay. The grapes come from various parcels in Cumires and were harvested the same day and then pressed together all at once. The idea here is that the place is stronger than the expression of the varietals. Regarding the place, it's a deep and marly clay soil that gives a big expression of fruit in a continental and sunny year